Friday, February 24, 2012

Bloggiesta is Back!

We are so excited to announce that Bloggiesta, the wonderful blogging event where we focus on all things blog related, is back! It's taken a bit of a hiatus because Natasha from Maw Books who created this event has had a few other things going on (like a baby in the works!) and she decided awhile back that she needed hand it over to whoever was willing which turned out to be me and Danielle of There's a Book. Hopefully we can make it happen and keep up the awesomeness that Natasha created.

So here's the date to get on your calendar right now:

March 30 , 31 and April 1

But first, for those who have no idea what I'm talking about, Bloggiesta is a three day event where participants will spend as much time as they can working on fixing all those pesky blog related tasks.... all those things that you think "some day I'm going to clean that up, or change that around, or add that thing!" Everyone will post a "to do" list, or goals they want to accomplish and then all of us will work together to get our lists done. The fun thing is that we can cheer each other on, and learn from each other and have a blast doing it. It's the perfect time to figure out that something you've always wanted to do, but didn't know how... or to get caught up on reviews, or to fix your labels, or take control of your Reader... or do oh so many other things!

As part of the event we'll have several mini-challenges where hosts who are experts at a certain blog related thing will share their knowledge and teach us something. It's fun to add those challenges to your to do list and learn something new. We'll be asking that those interested in hosting a challenge come back to sign up next week on Tuesday. So be thinking about what you have some extra expertise in and come back and sign up!

Just a couple ideas we've had so far are:

how to use Facebook, Twitter and/or Pinterest to promote your blog

how to add social media icons to your sidebar

what should be in a sidebar anyway?

HTML for Dummies

SEO for Dummies

what about vlogging?

You get the idea. The list goes on and on. We'll talk more about these ideas and others in the host sign up post!

Right now, the important thing is to get all these dates in your head:

Bloggiesta Event: March 30, 31 & April 1

Challenge Hosts Sign-ups Start: Tues. Feb. 28th

Participant Sign-ups Start: March. 1st

Please spread the news around and let all your readers know about this! We'd love for everyone to participate! Remember, this is NOT just a book blogging event, it's for anyone with a blog that wants to join in the fun and learning and chatting. (Past participants have mentioned that the Twitter interaction is one of the best things about this event, so if you don't have Twitter yet, now is the time! Follow @bloggiesta and #bloggiesta)

We are so excited to get this going again! We know a lot of people have missed it and wondered what happened, but now, we're back! We hope you all join us for the fun! Let's break out the guacamole and mariachi band! Ole!

Awesome! I'm so excited that you and "T" are heading this up together. You two will be great hosts! I hope to join in this year, but we'll see whether my busyness allows me or not. (Only two months left of school.)

Woohoo! I was just thinking I needed one of these. I was planning on taking a blogging break the next couple of months, but even if I do, I will try to devote some time to the Bloggiesta. My blog needs some serious housecleaning!

I'll likely be super stressed with presentations and papers as it will be nearing the end of the semester, but I'm hoping I can take a break for the weekend and participate - even if I just get a few things done!

I'm so glad you two have revived Bloggiesta! I've been thinking about doing a personal one, since I'm totally backed up on the blogging front, but it'll be much more fun to tackle these tasks with other bloggers. :) Bloggiesta is now marked on my calendar!

Hello!I'm SO glad I happened upon your site and found this Bloggiesta! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING THIS!!! I have shared this on my blog by copying and pasting what you have written because I could NOT explain it any better! I DID write down that it was copied and pasted from YOUR site and I have added your blog addy in several places referring people BACK TO YOUR SITE! Besides, I can't do a thing for anyone! THEY have to come HERE to sign up! I just shared the info!I am SOOOO looking forward to doing this! I am REALLY looking forward to learning how to do some things you have listed, such as learning how to add ALL the Social Media buttons together IN ONE PLACE, instead of having separate links for EVERY single one! I would LOVE to learn this! There are other topics I you have written down I would LOVE to learn! Such as using Goodreads MUCH beter than I am SURE is WAY better than what I have now! So I am REALLY looking forward to learning a LOT! Another thing - we may THINK we know we are doing things good and the right way, but are we really? This is what I am looking forward to learning as well! It is always a GREAT thing to read and relearn things even if we THINK we know what we are doing!I really want to thank you for hosting this, doing this and more! I am really looking forward to participating in this! Can't wait!Thank YOU!Laurie Carlsonhttp://www.lauriehere.blogspot.comlaurieisreading at gmail dot com

Thanks so much for adding this to your already very busy schedule! I love doing it and this it's the greatest community piece of blogging since it's all about helping each other as we all work to improve our blogging experience.

Thanks you so much for this, it's just the kick in the pants I need to get my poor, neglected blog the love and updating it needs. I'll be a little busy that weekend (celebrating my birthday) but I really need to give my poor baby some attention.

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